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EPT Disclosure

10th Sep 2008 12:04

RNS Number : 1388D

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

10 September 2008

4FORM 38.5 (b)

DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS

WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RI STATUS

BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

(Rule 38.5(b) of the Takeover Code)

1. KEY INFORMATION

Name of exempt principal trader	Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) Limited
Company dealt in	BHP Billiton Limited
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary Shares
Date of dealing	09-09-2008

2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 2)

	Long		Short
	Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1) Relevant securities			11868215	0.353
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			11868215	0.353

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2)

Class Of Relevant Security : Ordinary Shares	Long	Short
(1) Relevant Securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchasesell
Total

Class of relevant security:	Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit (Note 4)
Purchase	24,596	36.25
Purchase	10,000	36.24
Purchase	8,300	36.53
Purchase	5,134	36.20
Purchase	5,000	36.51
Purchase	5,000	36.19
Purchase	5,000	36.20
Purchase	5,000	36.27
Purchase	5,000	36.25
Purchase	4,968	36.15
Purchase	4,800	36.44
Purchase	3,703	36.33
Purchase	3,471	36.25
Purchase	3,400	36.32
Purchase	3,315	36.09
Purchase	3,136	36.55
Purchase	3,099	36.44
Purchase	2,749	36.32
Purchase	2,554	36.24
Purchase	2,446	36.24
Purchase	2,387	36.24
Purchase	2,372	36.14
Purchase	2,351	36.11
Purchase	2,287	36.13
Purchase	2,211	36.13
Purchase	2,131	36.32
Purchase	1,985	36.24
Purchase	1,846	36.15
Purchase	1,795	36.32
Purchase	1,758	36.14
Purchase	1,569	36.16
Purchase	1,519	36.13
Purchase	1,318	36.55
Purchase	1,306	36.32
Purchase	1,300	36.55
Purchase	1,297	36.33
Purchase	1,224	36.24
Purchase	1,221	36.12
Purchase	1,168	36.13
Purchase	1,145	36.18
Purchase	1,144	36.17
Purchase	1,102	36.24
Purchase	1,099	36.40
Purchase	1,098	36.15
Purchase	1,095	36.15
Purchase	1,078	36.25
Purchase	1,074	36.20
Purchase	1,071	36.14
Purchase	1,069	36.20
Purchase	1,061	36.19
Purchase	1,052	36.13
Purchase	1,045	36.17
Purchase	1,037	36.23
Purchase	1,037	36.22
Purchase	1,033	36.20
Purchase	1,033	36.19
Purchase	1,027	36.14
Purchase	1,024	36.19
Purchase	1,022	36.09
Purchase	1,016	36.23
Purchase	1,011	36.11
Purchase	1,011	36.19
Purchase	1,003	36.17
Purchase	1,002	36.14
Purchase	1,000	36.14
Purchase	957	36.13
Purchase	957	36.13
Purchase	954	36.15
Purchase	951	36.19
Purchase	945	36.10
Purchase	933	36.24
Purchase	931	36.16
Purchase	927	36.16
Purchase	923	36.23
Purchase	922	36.13
Purchase	910	36.09
Purchase	898	36.13
Purchase	895	36.27
Purchase	884	36.25
Purchase	862	36.35
Purchase	851	36.17
Purchase	830	36.35
Purchase	811	36.17
Purchase	799	36.13
Purchase	777	36.24
Purchase	735	36.13
Purchase	716	36.26
Purchase	696	36.22
Purchase	692	36.12
Purchase	688	36.40
Purchase	687	36.24
Purchase	682	36.15
Purchase	669	36.12
Purchase	651	36.18
Purchase	628	36.14
Purchase	618	36.14
Purchase	608	36.13
Purchase	600	36.32
Purchase	555	36.20
Purchase	549	36.15
Purchase	547	36.18
Purchase	547	36.45
Purchase	522	36.15
Purchase	505	36.49
Purchase	500	36.13
Purchase	500	36.13
Purchase	500	36.15
Purchase	500	36.32
Purchase	500	36.32
Purchase	498	36.24
Purchase	459	36.13
Purchase	430	36.32
Purchase	411	36.21
Purchase	400	36.24
Purchase	391	36.25
Purchase	385	36.14
Purchase	383	36.18
Purchase	379	36.16
Purchase	372	36.13
Purchase	368	36.22
Purchase	342	36.13
Purchase	313	36.14
Purchase	288	36.12
Purchase	268	36.26
Purchase	250	36.44
Purchase	235	36.18
Purchase	210	36.09
Purchase	181	36.14
Purchase	180	36.15
Purchase	180	36.14
Purchase	176	36.32
Purchase	166	36.49
Purchase	162	36.15
Purchase	151	36.32
Purchase	150	36.32
Purchase	146	36.15
Purchase	118	36.49
Purchase	104	36.13
Purchase	90	36.25
Purchase	89	36.44
Purchase	79	36.19
Purchase	71	36.34
Purchase	69	36.32
Purchase	55	36.16
Purchase	49	36.24
Purchase	47	36.49
Purchase	36	36.40
Purchase	32	36.13
Purchase	32	36.15
Purchase	21	36.32
Purchase	18	36.13
Purchase	8	36.32
Purchase	1	36.16
Purchase	1	36.16
Purchase	1	36.15
Purchase	1	36.32
Purchase	1	36.32
Purchase	10	36.20
Purchase	10,152	36.55
Purchase	10,000	36.50
Purchase	8,695	36.10
Purchase	5,221	36.35
Purchase	5,000	36.40
Purchase	5,000	36.45
Purchase	4,789	36.31
Purchase	4,779	36.35
Purchase	4,257	36.45
Purchase	4,000	36.25
Purchase	4,000	36.50
Purchase	3,770	36.52
Purchase	2,813	36.19
Purchase	2,791	36.34
Purchase	2,510	36.47
Purchase	2,392	36.55
Purchase	2,306	36.40
Purchase	2,138	36.35
Purchase	1,977	36.34
Purchase	1,853	36.32
Purchase	1,763	36.32
Purchase	1,709	36.34
Purchase	1,703	36.34
Purchase	1,434	36.47
Purchase	1,310	36.36
Purchase	1,300	36.15
Purchase	1,300	36.32
Purchase	1,300	36.19
Purchase	1,167	36.35
Purchase	1,153	36.32
Purchase	1,138	36.15
Purchase	1,049	36.20
Purchase	1,009	36.44
Purchase	1,000	36.24
Purchase	1,000	36.55
Purchase	958	36.19
Purchase	939	36.12
Purchase	929	36.15
Purchase	716	36.15
Purchase	689	36.10
Purchase	670	36.52
Purchase	667	36.14
Purchase	627	36.18
Purchase	543	36.18
Purchase	511	36.22
Purchase	500	36.10
Purchase	491	36.19
Purchase	485	36.18
Purchase	455	36.22
Purchase	411	36.14
Purchase	408	36.40
Purchase	374	36.40
Purchase	364	36.16
Purchase	308	36.18
Purchase	306	36.55
Purchase	300	36.19
Purchase	300	36.19
Purchase	296	36.44
Purchase	290	36.19
Purchase	286	36.19
Purchase	267	36.17
Purchase	251	36.52
Purchase	250	36.55
Purchase	250	36.52
Purchase	240	36.19
Purchase	211	36.31
Purchase	209	36.32
Purchase	199	36.32
Purchase	196	36.45
Purchase	190	36.16
Purchase	189	36.35
Purchase	164	36.19
Purchase	163	36.17
Purchase	157	36.34
Purchase	151	36.44
Purchase	125	36.55
Purchase	121	36.44
Purchase	116	36.10
Purchase	111	36.44
Purchase	104	36.15
Purchase	100	36.19
Purchase	97	36.12
Purchase	89	36.15
Purchase	89	36.15
Purchase	89	36.47
Purchase	85	36.18
Purchase	75	36.40
Purchase	74	36.44
Purchase	65	36.34
Purchase	62	36.20
Purchase	61	36.49
Purchase	59	36.52
Purchase	54	36.17
Purchase	52	36.47
Purchase	36	36.20
Purchase	35	36.32
Purchase	34	36.18
Purchase	33	36.18
Purchase	21	36.55
Purchase	18	36.47
Purchase	18	36.19
Purchase	18	36.36
Purchase	14	36.40
Purchase	13	36.12
Purchase	10	36.34
Purchase	7	36.16
Purchase	3	36.35
Purchase	1	36.24
Purchase	765	36.32
Purchase	734	36.31
Purchase	89	36.31
Purchase	228	36.31
Purchase	2,000	36.30
Purchase	1,000	36.30
Purchase	111	36.30
Purchase	165	36.29
Purchase	123	36.29
Purchase	1,000	36.29
Purchase	400	36.29
Purchase	531	36.29
Purchase	500	36.28
Purchase	300	36.28
Purchase	1,000	36.28
Purchase	10,000	36.27
Purchase	39	36.27
Purchase	10,000	36.25
Purchase	1,000	36.21
Purchase	1,229	36.21
Purchase	3,500	36.20
Purchase	1,000	36.15
Purchase	839	36.15
Purchase	161	36.15
Purchase	1,000	36.15
Purchase	1,000	36.16
Purchase	1,000	36.20
Purchase	50	36.12
Purchase	1,000	36.10
Purchase	549	36.10
Purchase	304	36.10
Purchase	662	36.10
Purchase	876	36.10
Purchase	100	36.10
Purchase	225	36.10
Purchase	2,299	36.10
Purchase	1,500	36.10
Purchase	6,372	36.08
Purchase	20,000	36.10
Purchase	30	36.08
Purchase	60	36.08
Purchase	399	36.08
Purchase	700	36.08
Purchase	3,500	36.08
Purchase	24	36.08
Purchase	790	36.08
Purchase	790	36.08
Purchase	500	36.08
Purchase	790	36.08
Purchase	437	36.08
Purchase	1,309	36.08
Purchase	820	36.08
Purchase	632	36.08
Purchase	1,642	36.07
Purchase	708	36.07
Purchase	497	36.07
Purchase	426	36.17
Purchase	574	36.16
Purchase	230	36.16
Purchase	770	36.16
Purchase	548	36.15
Purchase	1,000	36.20
Purchase	1,000	36.25
Purchase	1	36.53
Purchase	1,899	36.53
Purchase	25	36.52
Purchase	394	36.52
Purchase	1	36.52
Purchase	28	36.52
Purchase	8	36.51
Purchase	120	36.51
Purchase	25	36.51
Purchase	50	36.52
Purchase	50	36.54
Purchase	40	36.50
Purchase	50	36.43
Purchase	11	36.43
Purchase	132	36.41
Purchase	253	36.41
Purchase	1,300	36.41
Purchase	815	36.41
Purchase	39	36.40
Purchase	11	36.40
Purchase	50	36.38
Purchase	50	36.32
Purchase	4,543	36.35
Purchase	289	36.35
Purchase	168	36.35
Purchase	4,000	36.37
Purchase	84	36.48
Purchase	634	36.47
Purchase	282	36.47
Purchase	1,000	36.48
Purchase	500	36.68
Purchase	685	36.67
Purchase	315	36.63
Purchase	1,000	36.64
Purchase	778	36.57
Purchase	2,000	36.55
Purchase	2,500	36.68
Purchase	1,483	36.67
Purchase	600	36.67
Purchase	22	36.67
Purchase	395	36.67
Purchase	100	36.72
Purchase	216	36.65
Purchase	3,000	36.65
Purchase	6,784	36.65
Purchase	188	36.66
Purchase	12	36.66
Purchase	7,126	36.62
Purchase	2,804	36.62
Purchase	1	36.62
Purchase	69	36.62
Purchase	1,587	36.59
Purchase	69	36.59
Purchase	5,000	36.59
Purchase	2,000	36.59
Purchase	136	36.59
Purchase	1,207	36.59
Purchase	200	36.60
Purchase	100	36.60
Purchase	100,000	35.99
Purchase	100,000	37.09
Purchase	200,000	37.09
Purchase	9,222,661	37.95
Sale	-20	36.51
Sale	-50	36.39
Sale	-50	36.44
Sale	-20	36.46
Sale	-589	36.65
Sale	-250	36.65
Sale	-680	36.65
Sale	-25,000	36.65
Sale	-581	36.65
Sale	-4,900	36.65
Sale	-26,440	36.05
Sale	-2,108	36.05
Sale	-5,393	36.05
Sale	-7,055	36.05
Sale	-17,279	36.05
Sale	-1	36.25
Sale	-100	36.13
Sale	-337,800	36.27
Sale	-50,000	37.56
Sale	-125,000	37.56
Sale	-250,000	37.56
Sale	-200,000	37.56
Sale	-200,000	37.86
Sale	-200,000	37.70

TOTAL BUYS:10109518

TOTAL SELLS: 1453316

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product name, e.g. CFD	Long/short (Note 5)	Number of securities (Note 6)	Price per unit (Note 4)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,e.g. call option	Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.	Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 6)	Exercise price	Type, e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/received per unit (Note 4)

(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g. call option	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit (Note 4)

(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3)

Nature of transaction (Note 7)	Details	Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4)

4. OTHER INFORMATION

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) No

Date of disclosure	10-09-2008
Contact name	Simon Crawley / Carolyn Collins
Telephone number	44 20 7888 0241
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected	Rio Tinto Plc
Nature of connection (Note 9)	ADVISOR

Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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